2025 Margaux

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(Margaux; 89% Cabernet Sauvignon; 6% Merlot; 4% Cabernet Franc; 1% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 22 hl/ha; pH 3.72; IPT 81; 13.8% alcohol; tasted with Philippe Bascaules at Château Margaux; the grand vin is 37% of the total production). Sublime. Coming after Pavillon, this too is gorgeously poised and focussed. It has an intensity and a verticality, both aromatic and on the palate, that is striking. It is also a little more solar than Pavillon and, indeed, many of its appellation neighbours, a product at least in part of the late picking dates. Dark berries, sloe and damson, with none of its customary cedar at this stage, a little walnut shell, kalamata olive tapenade, white pepper and some graphite. But today this is more about the purity of its fruit than anything else. It is radiant and divinely beautiful yet undemonstrative. In the mouth this is divine. The attack is gentle and silky at first. And then comes the unheralded but striking arrival of the blackcurrant. It brings with it a wonderful, almost cooling fresh sapidity to the very heart of the palate. There's a hint of myrrh and incense too. This is vivid, essentially fresh, sapid and juicy, and brilliantly lifted on the finish. A wine of a beautiful harmony and the star of the appellation once again.
97-99/100 Colin Hay

Pure, full, yet restrained, the 2025 Château Margaux feels as though it has undergone an elegant refinement in the heat of the vintage. Within its limpid texture, subtle notes of blueberry emerge first, followed by blackcurrant and violet facing each other across the palate, as a composed and unhurried atmosphere gradually unfolds, fully expressing the purity of Cabernet Sauvignon. The tannins in 2025 are abundant, but their fine and elastic texture gives rise to a chewy resilience, reminiscent of dried bean curd, offering both tension and suppleness. In my view, this vintage reveals a side of Château Margaux that is rarely seen, a sense of decisiveness and quiet courage, adding a touch of playful willfulness to a wine long celebrated for its beautiful grace.
97-99/100 Alexandre Ma

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Château Margaux charges out with bold notes of black currant jelly, juicy plums, and fresh boysenberries, giving way to an undercurrent of tilled soil, tar, licorice, and violets, with a touch of graphite. The medium-bodied palate is so graceful and elegant with super-intense black fruit layers and very fine-grained tannins, supported by plenty of tension, finishing long and fragrant. There's so much energy and restrained power here—exhilarating! The blend is 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot. It has a pH of 3.72 and the alcohol is 13.8%. The IPT is 81. This is 37% of production—usually it is around 40%. Yields were just 20 hl/ha.
98-100/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

More dense and yet more soft than the Pavillon Rouge, fully anchored in place and yet rising through the palate, with rose petals, pomegranate, cassis and damson fruits, so juicy and full of character, slate and crushed rocks, peony and iris, with volume that is expansive and striking. These guys held on to harvest after the rains and have been rewarded for it - can't have been easy as everyone was picking around them, but this was a great decision that shows just what was capable in this vintage. 22hl/ha yield across the vineyard, harvest September 8 for young Merlot, then Cabernet Sauvignon began September 19 and finished September 29. 14% press wine, so a little less than usual because of the natural concentration. 22hl/ha yield across the vineyard, IPT81,3.76ph. 37% 1st wine. I dont give 100 points En Primeur, but if I did, this would get it. It's a slam dunk.
100/100 Jane Anson